Ditchtiger
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If you are using re-loadable ammo the Yugo's gas valve on a 56/66 can be turned off, making it a straight pull action instead of launching your brass into orbit.
Tell me about the SKS, Uncle High Road....
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For years I wasn't a fan of the SKS rifles. "Too heavy for the caliber", I thought. "Not accurate enough", I said to anyone who asked. Then last year I started figuring I should get a Russian one because the prices were going up and up on them and I thought I should have one, you know, just because.
I picked up a '53 Izhevsk at a gunshow for a song. Once I started shooting it, I was hooked. No, they don't shoot tiny groups off the bench, but they were never designed to do that. What they are is a battle rifle that uses a intermediate cartridge and are minute of man accurate. They are cheap to shoot and a lot of fun.
I find benchrest shooting to be as exciting as watching paint dry. I would much rather shoot at reactive targets at varying ranges. For my kind of shooting, the SKS is a hoot.
I now have four Russians having just picked up this '54 Tula the other day. This is by far the best of the lot as it is a matching number original rifle. It is also the only laminated SKS I have.
kBob
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Darn, that is one nice museum quality SKS!
Back in the 80's when I saw my first non bring back or over yonder SKS I was range officer on a small rifle range that had a nice concrete pad with stable tables and a nice roof of corrigated "tin" over plywood with 4x4s providing support.
I walked behind the shooter as he fired his first shot. As he checked his spotting scope his buddy was looking around for the ejected case. I commented that they sometimes ejected straight up so it could have bounced anywhere. For whatever reason I glanced up and there was the spent case, sticking mouth first into one of the 4X4 cross beams.
Right away I knew I had to have a rifle that provided its own AA coverage while firing at targets down on the ground!
-kBob
Back in the 80's when I saw my first non bring back or over yonder SKS I was range officer on a small rifle range that had a nice concrete pad with stable tables and a nice roof of corrigated "tin" over plywood with 4x4s providing support.
I walked behind the shooter as he fired his first shot. As he checked his spotting scope his buddy was looking around for the ejected case. I commented that they sometimes ejected straight up so it could have bounced anywhere. For whatever reason I glanced up and there was the spent case, sticking mouth first into one of the 4X4 cross beams.
Right away I knew I had to have a rifle that provided its own AA coverage while firing at targets down on the ground!
-kBob
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Great buy. That's as nice as an SKS is going to get.
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